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"That's what makes the true pleasure of reading: to close a book and say, 'Wow. Only that could have happened.'" - James Carroll #muse14
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"The relationship between dreams and reality is somewhat similar to that between fiction and nonfiction." @AlexMRDM #muse14
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"You can't make up your own truth, but you can make it your story as you see it." @AlexMRDM #muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"When you're working in fiction, you can only be tested by the laws of verisimilitude. This is not the test of nonfiction." #muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"We read fiction because it is not life, it is not nonfiction. It is art." - James Carroll #muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"The design [of lace] is comprised of threads & blank spaces. What is being said in those blanks?" - on lace as a writing metaphor. #muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"A historical novel accepts the discipline of the historical context." #muse14
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"Remember who you are, and what those passions have been that got you where you are and keep you going." #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"If the rules of narrative are to be broken, we first have to know what the rules of narrative are." #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"It's important, in a first draft, not to censor yourself too much." @lisaborders #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"For me, the first draft is pure creativity." @lisaborders #muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Augusten Burroughs just asked me where lunch is. I'm having a moment. #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"Stay in touch with what makes you human. The Harry Potter people are so human - that's why we fell in love with them." YA fantasy @ #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"We carry little beauty with us; this helps us bear our pain." @dawndorland #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"We like telling because it approximates a human consciousness, & we're interested in all those layers of truth and complication." #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"You have to get into people's motivations so we can understand one another." #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"Keep it subtle, and keep it true to the character's eyes." @MarjanKamali on describing setting in ethnic writing. #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"When writing characters, it is more honest to speak English the way they'd be speaking English." @MarjanKamali @henriettepower #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"In the end, it comes down to character - people are people." Talking ethnic stereotypes with @henriettepower #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"You're not a travel writer, or a cookbook writer, or an educator, or an actor showing off a dialect." Guidelines for ethnic writing #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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"I'm just me, and you're just you. I happen to be Greek, but that's not all I am." @henriettepower #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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#WritingOnTheHyphen: ALL writing is ethnic writing, and writers owe it to themselves and their readers to be as honest as possible. #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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(#WritingOnTheHyphen was also one of my favorite #Muse14 classes, for the record. Thank you, @MarjanKamali & @henriettepower!)
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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"Ask yourself, 'What is the spirit of these changes?' and then respond to that." @michelledseaton on making changes with editors. #Muse14
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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"You WILL find readers. You are not the only person who wants to read your book." Ending my #Muse14 experience with these inspiring words.
November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM